descalço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈkaw.su/ [desˈkaʊ̯.su], /d͡ʒisˈkaw.su/ [d͡ʒisˈkaʊ̯.su]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˈkaw.su/ [deʃˈkaʊ̯.su], /d͡ʒiʃˈkaw.su/ [d͡ʒiʃˈkaʊ̯.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈkaw.so/ [desˈkaʊ̯.so]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃˈkal.su/ [dɨʃˈkaɫ.su]

  • Rhymes: -alsu, -awsu
  • Hyphenation: des‧cal‧ço

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese descalço, from Vulgar Latin *discalceus, itself either from a shortening of discalceātus, from Late Latin discalceō, or from Latin dis- + calceus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish descalzo, Catalan descalç, Occitan descauç, French déchaux, Italian scalzo and Romanian desculț.

Adjective

descalço (feminine descalça, masculine plural descalços, feminine plural descalças)

  1. barefoot, barefooted
    Synonym: descalçado
  2. discalced

Etymology 2

Verb

descalço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descalçar
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